Mustang Seat Frames
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Topic: Mustang Seat Frames
Posted By: Jim_In_Houston
Subject: Mustang Seat Frames
Date Posted: May-04-2007 at 1:14am
We'll see how these work out. They are being fabbed out of 1/4" by 2" marine grade aluminum flat bar.
The pic is hard to see on the forum so I uploaded a PDF file to one of my websites and here is the link: http://www.electricaltrainingusa.com/Boat Seat Mount 14 inch wide, Rev 1.pdf - Boat Seat Frame for Old Mustangs ------------- Happy owner of a '66 and a '68 Mustang |
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Posted By: p/allen
Date Posted: May-04-2007 at 11:24pm
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Looks good . So then what are you going to do ? Make ply wood frames for cushions and the screw them to the aluminum?
Pat ------------- Pat http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w146/72ccfan/100_5977-1.jpg - My 72 Skier Rock River Dixon,ILL. |
Posted By: 64 Skier
Date Posted: May-06-2007 at 9:56am
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JIH,
IMHO those backs have no "section" and will bend if you lean back. The 1/4" is awfully weak in bending and without adding some depth or ribs perpendicular to what's drawn I think it's just too weak. ------------- 64 Skier 66" HO VTX and 67" HO Triumph http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1071&sort=&pagenum=3&yrstart=1971&yrend=1975 - 71CC |
Posted By: Jim_In_Houston
Date Posted: May-06-2007 at 10:56am
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The plan is to take the frames to an upolsterer and tell him to make some seat cushions that fit. The cusions I have seen have plywood or some other material (some kind of synthetic) backing sewed into them. With female threaded inserts in the wood so I can bolt through the frames to hold the cusions on. I am not an upolsterer though so I think I will just leave that part to them - we'll see.
64 Skier, my thinking is that with some material in the cusion (plywood or synthetic) of about 1/2" thick, when the cusions are bolted to the frame there will be enough rigidity. Again, we'll see. Also, the 1/4" risers on the back are doubled when welded, to 1/2" and again the back cusion will have a 1/2" backing plate inside it also. The 1/4" flat bar riser above the welded risers is only the top 8" of the riser. Plus there are two 1/4" thick cross braces welded across the back for a total of 1/2" of thickness leaving only 4" of 1/4" aluminum on the back cusion risers. From a practical point of view, the aluminum back cusion riser part of the frame is 1/2" thick not including the 1/2" of rigid material in the cusion. If I get too much flex I can always weld on stiffners but I don't think I will need them. Again, we'll see. Here is a pic I found somewhere. I am using the pic as a model. Thanks to who ever owns this boat and posted the pic.   ------------- Happy owner of a '66 and a '68 Mustang |